Holocaust
Bozenna Urbanowicz Gilbride: Children of Terror
13 Av 5776 (16/08/2016) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What was the UPA in World War II Ukraine?
Bozenna Urbanowicz was born into a Catholic family in 1934 in the far eastern area of Poland … Leer más
Dr. Dina Porat: Israeli Society, the Holocaust and its Survivors
28 Tammuz 5776 (02/08/2016) | Raquel Cornago
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How were the German Templers living in the Land of Israel involved in a plan to save European Jews from the Nazis?
Dr. … Leer más
Eva Heyman and her Diary, with Elvira Lindo
30 Sivan 5776 (05/07/2016) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What do the diaries of Anne Frank and Eva Heyman have in common?
Eva Heyman was born in Oradea, a city with a large Jewish population, … Leer más
Tomasz Magierski’s “Blinky and Me”: The Story of Animator Yoram Gross
17 Iyyar 5776 (24/05/2016) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ –This week’s trivia question: What unusual elements did Yoram Gross use to create the characters in his first Israeli-made animated films?
Yoram Gross was born in Krakow, Poland in 1926 and … Leer más
The Anne Frank House in Amsterdam
15 Adar I 5776 (23/02/2016) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: Why are the rooms in the Anne Frank House empty of furniture?
Anne Frank was a Jewish girl living in Amsterdam who went into hiding with … Leer más
Dr. Natan Sznaider: Cosmopolitanism and the Jews
29 Heshvan 5776 (10/11/2015) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How is the Holocaust remembered differently in different countries?
Dr. Natan Sznaider is a Full Professor at the School of Behavioral Sciences of The Academic College … Leer más
The Museum of Jewish Heritage (New York) and Auschwitz Jewish Center, with Shiri Sandler
23 Sivan 5775 (09/06/2015) | Raquel CornagoENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is special about the way the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York tells the story of the Holocaust?
The Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York … Leer más
Dory Sontheimer’s Seven Boxes
24 Av 5774 (19/08/2014) | Jorge Rozemblum
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: When did Dory Sontheimer find the seven boxes, and what was in them?
Dory Sontheimer was born in Barcelona and educated … Leer más
Agnieszka Holland: Polish Filmmaker
18 Tammuz 5774 (15/07/2014) | Jorge RozemblumENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What was Agnieszka Holland’s greatest challenge when filming “In Darkness”?
Last week we spoke with Sally Perel, whose amazing experiences during World War II were made … Leer más
Robert Kostro: Jews in Poland and Jan Karski
20 Sivan 5774 (17/06/2014) | adminENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: How many Jews were there in Poland before the Holocaust, and how many are there now?
Our guest this week is Robert Kostro, who is a … Leer más